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we have used the idea we're in the global war as the justification of us doing all kinds of things and all kinds of power that would otherwise be not just indefensible for a country with a constitution like ours, but almost unimaginable. in this global war of ours, they said would not end because there was going to be a winner declared. it's not that kind of war. if that's the case, and being in a war footing is what justifies this behavior we wouldn't otherwise be participating in, when does this war end? when do we say that the global war we e declared more than 11 years ago is now over? today for the first time, a u.s. government official started talking about how this ends. >> now that efforts by the u.s. military against al qaeda are in their 12th year, we must also ask ourselves, how will this conflict end? >> this is it the top lawyer at the pentagon. the general counsel of the defense department, jay johnson, speaking today at oxford university in britain broaching a subject that nobody at a high level of government has been willing to officially broach since 9/11. >> how will
we have used the idea we're in the global war as the justification of us doing all kinds of things and all kinds of power that would otherwise be not just indefensible for a country with a constitution like ours, but almost unimaginable. in this global war of ours, they said would not end because there was going to be a winner declared. it's not that kind of war. if that's the case, and being in a war footing is what justifies this behavior we wouldn't otherwise be participating in, when does...
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please keep us apprised. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> i should also say, manipulative devices or contrivances was the name of my band in high school. we'll be right back. 've been so. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among national medicare companies... and become t
please keep us apprised. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> i should also say, manipulative devices or contrivances was the name of my band in high school. we'll be right back. 've been so. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be...
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at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among nat
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and if they plunge us into syria and iran, if the congress pushes us that way, we're going to be looking at a $5 trillion bill. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thanks for coming in tonight. >>> good evening. i'm ezra klein. rachel maddow has the night off. we begin tonight with an update on the breaking news in the pacific northwest, the terrifying scene that unfolded earlier tonight at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. a gunman with what witnesses describe as a rifle opening fire on holiday shoppers. two people were killed. the shooter also killed, and one person has been seriously injured according to the sheriff's department. an eyewitness who had been browsing the watch counter inside macy's described the scene to our portland, oregon affiliate kgw tv. >> constant boom, boom, boom, boom,boom, boom, boom, boom. it wasn't just a couple of shots. whatever the shooter was shooting at, they continued to shoot. an employee of the store actually saw a masked gunman come in. and as fast as she got the call to security, the gunshots started. so i and others just hit -- you know, got behind
and if they plunge us into syria and iran, if the congress pushes us that way, we're going to be looking at a $5 trillion bill. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thanks for coming in tonight. >>> good evening. i'm ezra klein. rachel maddow has the night off. we begin tonight with an update on the breaking news in the pacific northwest, the terrifying scene that unfolded earlier tonight at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. a gunman with what witnesses describe as a rifle opening...
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thank you for helping us understand this. please keep us apprised. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> i should also say, manipulative devices or contrivances was the name of my band in high school. we'll be right back. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars i love you. to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel
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thanks for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but happy wednesday, everyone, tgiw, am i right? you know how it is, things start to wind down on wednesday afternoon. you send off your last e-mail, maybe pop a beer from the office fridge and head on home for the weekend. all right, you, watching this right now, probably don't do that. but that's how your friendly neighborhood lame duck congress rolls. the house was supposed to be in session tomorrow, was the republican leadership went ahead and canceled that thursday session, so it's wednesday and the weekend has arrived, if your job title is united states representative. amid the crush of members heading out of the capital building today, you could even spot republican congressman mo brooks of alabama biking into his five-day weekend. the house won't be back in session until tuesday of next week. but it's not like they don't do work over the weekend. super long or otherwise. many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of co
thanks for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off, but happy wednesday, everyone, tgiw, am i right? you know how it is, things start to wind down on wednesday afternoon. you send off your last e-mail, maybe pop a beer from the office fridge and head on home for the weekend. all right, you, watching this right now, probably don't do that. but that's how your friendly neighborhood lame duck congress rolls. the house was supposed to be in session tomorrow, was the republican leadership...
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thanks to you at home for staying with us. if you get a tweet from president obama, you will know it by his signature. the president has an official twitter account from which all sorts of on message things get tweeted. but the white house says you know when a tweet has been written by the president himself because in that case the tweet gets a little initial signature. a "bo" in lower case. barack obama, as in i the president wrote this tweet. if it was a dog, it would be the paw print. the president was writing his own tweet this is afternoon. the string of twitter messages about the budget negotiations in washington. the white house announcing in advance today that the president himself would be answering people's questions about the negotiations in washington. he would be answering them directly on twitter starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. it is kind of awesome that regular people can ask direct questions from the leader of the free world. it's like a town hall but you don't have to go to new hampshire in the winter to do it.
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easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> once upon a time, the former president of the united states went out on his fast boat and took out on his fast boat with him these tiny people who are are too tiny to discern, but who include this man, who happens to be the current president of kazakhstan. they went boating together at the bush family compound in maine. he's been president of that country for 20 years. if you want to know what kind of president he's been, he got 95% of the vote in the last election. his government declared to be president's day and 30,000 people performed in a pageant devoted to expressing his personal awesomeness. he also controls the state media, naturally. not exactly a president in the way we
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easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. >>> moment of geek which begins with a moment of history he. if americans are familiar with the phrase cooper union chances are it'sç because of this. matthew brady's cooper union of abraham lincoln. he took it on the same day he gave his cooper union address. he was presidential candidate lincoln and it's he believed that speech he gave that night in which he outlined his speech about slavery, that speech is thought to have helped win lincoln the republican nomination and later the white house. this is the building where lincoln gave that speech in the east village of lower manhattan. what is now the administrative building of one of the most affordable colleges in country, it's free. the guy who gave cooper union the name, peter cooper, an industrialist and inventor and onetime presidential candidate himself believed that the best education should be ax ses i believe to anyone that qualified to get in. anyo
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which brings us to the challenge. why raising the age does not save you very much money and is probably a bad policy idea in under two minutes. do we have the clock? let's do it. the argument for cutting 65 and 67-year-olds out of a deficit talk is simple. it saves money. the keizer family foundation estimates that when it's all said and done, the government could save $5.7 billion in the first year. but those 65 and 66-year-olds don't disappear. they are still going to be here and get sick sometimes which means the savings we'd see by kicking them off they pop back up elsewhere in the economy. it's not pure savings, it's a cost shift. you're going to see increased costs for seniors who will have to find another health insurer since it uses power to pay less by quite a bit. the seniors turning to private insurance will have to pay more for the same coverage. 3.7 billion more in the first year of the policy. for those who are eligible for medicaid, will move to the states, we think. then there are the employers. many o
which brings us to the challenge. why raising the age does not save you very much money and is probably a bad policy idea in under two minutes. do we have the clock? let's do it. the argument for cutting 65 and 67-year-olds out of a deficit talk is simple. it saves money. the keizer family foundation estimates that when it's all said and done, the government could save $5.7 billion in the first year. but those 65 and 66-year-olds don't disappear. they are still going to be here and get sick...
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we used to fight about this stuff. the whole reason fisa needs congressional reauthorization every few years is that we are supposed to reassess it, debate it, have a big conversation about it. but we were quiet this time. so let's have one here. joining us now, not to be quiet about it, is my friend julian sanchez, a research fellow at the kato institution. julian, good to see you here. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on, ezra. >> this was an extension of the fisa bill that already exists, but what could have changed? was it a missed opportunity here? >> and the sort of political maneuvering that was used to kill these very common sense, sort of mild amendments was really a kind of shockingly anti-democratic move. these are amendments that were proposed, you know, months ago. and yet, the debate here happened four days before the law was slated to expire, and because it was basically impossible to make a serious case against these amendments, the argument basically came down to, look, there just isn't t
we used to fight about this stuff. the whole reason fisa needs congressional reauthorization every few years is that we are supposed to reassess it, debate it, have a big conversation about it. but we were quiet this time. so let's have one here. joining us now, not to be quiet about it, is my friend julian sanchez, a research fellow at the kato institution. julian, good to see you here. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on, ezra. >> this was an extension of the fisa...
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he joins us tonight. it's good to have you here. >> thank you. >> give me your three policies, how do we prevent gun deaths generally, that you would put into place first. >> if we're talking about gun deaths generally, the first policy i would put into place is already in place in many cities in the united states, and i think should be spread even further. and it often goes under the popular term hotspots policing. policing has been shown to reduce what you referred to earlier as average gun violence if any gun violence could be said to be average. that is to say enhancing police patrols in those neighborhoods or even smaller areas of the city where gun violence is highly concentrated, typically during the night and evening hours, that's been shown to reduce firearm violence and incidentally without spreading it to adjoining areas. the research literature is very clear on that, my own city of st. louis recently implemented such a program and experienced very substantial declines in gun violence where the
he joins us tonight. it's good to have you here. >> thank you. >> give me your three policies, how do we prevent gun deaths generally, that you would put into place first. >> if we're talking about gun deaths generally, the first policy i would put into place is already in place in many cities in the united states, and i think should be spread even further. and it often goes under the popular term hotspots policing. policing has been shown to reduce what you referred to...
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>> syrians, and then they brought us back to the headquarters, gave us food and water, let us make a phone call. and then they escorted us personally to the border. >> richard, just talking about this, hearing this story and knowing what i know of you and the other guys in the crew. the thing that seems scary to me, i don't think you did anything wrong. it doesn't seem like there was any sort of bad planning here, other than being in the middle of a war zone that you were being reckless here, do you think you did anything wrong? >> no, i don't. we were in an area that is very much considered rebel control. the rebel commander came to meet us personally, and he was going to take us in the area, show us the activities there and then drive us out. not that wild. i had done a trip into aleppo a few days earlier that was much more dangerous than this. except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road. waiting, and they informed on us. and they set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war that is in the stages that this war is in, and territory that this -- tha
>> syrians, and then they brought us back to the headquarters, gave us food and water, let us make a phone call. and then they escorted us personally to the border. >> richard, just talking about this, hearing this story and knowing what i know of you and the other guys in the crew. the thing that seems scary to me, i don't think you did anything wrong. it doesn't seem like there was any sort of bad planning here, other than being in the middle of a war zone that you were being...
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the rebel commander came to meet us personally, and he was going to take us in the area, show us the activities there and then drive us out. not that -- i had done a few days early, a trip into aleppo that i think was much more dangerous than this. except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road. waiting, and they informed on us. and they set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war that is in the stages that this war is in, and territory that this -- that you were trying to cover is uncoverable? if -- you have to cover it in a way that keeps you alive? >> i think it is going to get worse. i think it is going to get worse. because when the regime falls, there is going to be -- there will be -- a lot of killing between the two. there is some sort of civil and sectarian conflict that will break out. and i expect fighting in lebanon, just across the border is also going to break out.
the rebel commander came to meet us personally, and he was going to take us in the area, show us the activities there and then drive us out. not that -- i had done a few days early, a trip into aleppo that i think was much more dangerous than this. except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road. waiting, and they informed on us. and they set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war that is in the stages that this war is in, and territory that this -- that...
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i can barely use a pen, much less actually fold anything or use scissors. you don't want me around scissors. but many americans do know their way around a hot glue gun, as evidenced by the existence of 525 of these hobby lob write stores spread all across the country. the hobby lobby chain was founded by a guy named david green. he's still the ceo and worth $4.5 billion, which is a lot. according to the store's statement of purpose, however, mr. green's main goal in founding his crafting empire was ton sell scrapbooks or construction paper or even to make billions of dollars. it was to honor the lord and operate the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles. those principles included refusing to provide insurance coverage for emergency contraception to his more than 13,000 employees. under the terms, however, of the affordable care act, which is now the law of the land, beginning on january 1st mr. green has to provide that coverage. he does not have a choice. so he sued. quoting mr. green, "we simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to co
i can barely use a pen, much less actually fold anything or use scissors. you don't want me around scissors. but many americans do know their way around a hot glue gun, as evidenced by the existence of 525 of these hobby lob write stores spread all across the country. the hobby lobby chain was founded by a guy named david green. he's still the ceo and worth $4.5 billion, which is a lot. according to the store's statement of purpose, however, mr. green's main goal in founding his crafting empire...
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call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> en1997, the jordanian bureau chief of hamas, palestinian group elected governingentity in gaza strip and considered by many, including the united states, to be a terrorist organization. at the khalid was living in exile in jordan, from there he allegedly orchestrated a number of attacks on israel. israel's prime minister was benjamin netanyahu and that year in 1997, mr. netanyahu green lit a plan for israel's intelligence agency to kill mr. mashal. it did not go well. >> as he arrived at work, two suspicious men approached him. >> translator: i was just entering my office when i heard a sound. then i felt an electric shock throughout my body. >> his body guard chased the two men up the street in jordan's capital ahman, caught them and beat them. the two insisted they were canadian tourists out shopping. within hours, the leader of the terrorist group hamas was in the hospital vomiting, dizzy and on a respirator to help him breathe. the two men were hitman from
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brought us back to the headquarters, let us make a phone call, fwaifr us food and water and escorted us personally to the border. >> richard, the thing that is to me just talking about this, hearing this story, and knowing what i know of you and the other guys on the crew, the thing that seems scary to me, i don't think you did anything wrong. it doesn't seem like there was any bad planning here or you were being -- other than being in the middle of a war zone that you were reckless here do you think you did anything wrong? >> no, i don't. we were in an area that is considered rebel controlled. the rebel commander came to meet us personally to take us into his area, showing us the activities there and drive us out. not that wild. i've done -- i've done a few days earlier, a trip into aleppo that i thought was much more dangerous than this, except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road, waiting, and they informed on us, and set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war in this stage is in, in territory are you trying to cover is uncoverable? if you have
brought us back to the headquarters, let us make a phone call, fwaifr us food and water and escorted us personally to the border. >> richard, the thing that is to me just talking about this, hearing this story, and knowing what i know of you and the other guys on the crew, the thing that seems scary to me, i don't think you did anything wrong. it doesn't seem like there was any bad planning here or you were being -- other than being in the middle of a war zone that you were reckless here...
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the rebel commander came to meet us personally, and he was going to take us in the area, show us the activities there and then drive us out. not that -- i had done a few days early, a trip into aleppo that i think was much more dangerous than this. except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road. waiting, and they informed on us. and they set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war that is in the stages that this war is in, and territory that this -- that you were trying to cover is uncoverable? if -- you have to cover it
the rebel commander came to meet us personally, and he was going to take us in the area, show us the activities there and then drive us out. not that -- i had done a few days early, a trip into aleppo that i think was much more dangerous than this. except somebody found out that we were waiting on that road. waiting, and they informed on us. and they set up a trap and they grabbed us. >> does that mean that a war that is in the stages that this war is in, and territory that this -- that...
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i refuse to use the word "cliff" on this show. so please try to avoid using that. because i won't say it out loud even if i'll put it in a graphic. but how big a deal do you think this would be? how much pain are we talking about risking here? >> if we went over the thing and stayed over, it would be a very big deal. the numbers that the cbo predicts -- i've been watching this kind of thing for a long time. i don't recall the cbo ever predicting that policy x would lead to recession y. but they did in this case because it's such a huge fiscal contraction to all take in one year. so if we go over and stay over, we'll return to recession. and that means that the gains that we've been making on the unemployment rate, too slow, mind you, but gains that have been pushing the rate in the right direction would reverse. and if we stay over the cliff, the unemployment rate could go up as high as 9% by the end of next year. this would be a disaster for people who are still struggling with the residual of the great recession. if you look at middle incomes or paychecks, people
i refuse to use the word "cliff" on this show. so please try to avoid using that. because i won't say it out loud even if i'll put it in a graphic. but how big a deal do you think this would be? how much pain are we talking about risking here? >> if we went over the thing and stayed over, it would be a very big deal. the numbers that the cbo predicts -- i've been watching this kind of thing for a long time. i don't recall the cbo ever predicting that policy x would lead to...